The Rumours Tour was a concert tour by Fleetwood Mac that began after the release of the band's eleventh album with the same title in February 1977. During the tour, the band performed in North America, Europe, their native UK, continental Europe, Japan and Oceania. Their setlists primarily consisted of songs from their two most recent albums.
Background In the spring of 1976, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie set up their own management company called Seedy Management, which also included the Penguin Promotions subsidiary, which was tasked with handling the band's touring arrangements. Following a set of rehearsals in early February, the band embarked on their tour in the end of February, with their first series of performances occurring in the United States, where they frequently played to audiences of between ten and fifteen thousand people. The setlist primarily focused on material from the band's 1975 self-titled album and Rumours. Some early setlists from the band's first North American leg from February to March consisted of songs preceding the tenure of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham including "Station Man" and "Hypnotized". By the month of May, when the band began travelled to Europe for their next leg of the tour, these two songs were dropped from the setlist and replaced with more songs from their two most recent albums. Nicks remembered that their show in Kansas City was not warmly received in part due to the heavy emphasis on songs from the Rumours album. She said that they "bombed" that performance because of the audience's lack of familiarity with the material at the time.
Following their European tour, which saw the band perform in the UK, Germany, Austria, and France, the band returned to the United States for some additional performances. A leg in Oceania followed, which saw the band perform a sold out show in Auckland, New Zealand. Prior to the band's departure to New Zealand, Nicks and Fleetwood began a romantic affair, which started during a break from touring while the band was in Los Angeles. During this time, the two of them withheld information about their relationship from the rest of the band. In between gigs, Fleetwood and Nicks secretly went on excursions together, which began in New Zealand and continued through December, where the band concluded the tour in Hawaii after playing a series of shows in Japan earlier that month. After the conclusion of the tour, Fleetwood informed Buckingham of his romantic relationship with Nicks.
Taking a break from the recording sessions for their follow-up album Tusk, the band went back on the road in the summer of 1978, playing arenas and stadiums in the United States. This leg of the tour was called "The Penguin Summer Country Safari". Whereas the band relied on station wagons for transport on their Fleetwood Mac Tour, they instead used private jets and limousines when travelling to venues.
Setlist
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth America, leg 1February 24, 1977UniondaleUnited StatesNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumFebruary 28, 1977BerkeleyBerkeley Community TheatreMarch 4, 1977Albuquerque University ArenaMarch 6, 1977Fort WorthTarrant County Convention CenterMarch 7, 1977HoustonThe SummitMarch 10, 1977San DiegoSan Diego Sports ArenaMarch 19, 1977GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumMarch 21, 1977PhiladelphiaSpectrumMarch 22, 1977HersheyHersheypark StadiumMarch 23, 1977HartfordHartford Civic CenterMarch 24, 1977UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumMarch 25, 1977HartfordHartford Civic CenterMarch 27, 1977AnnapolisUS Naval AcademyMarch 29, 1977San DiegoSan Diego Sports ArenaApril 1, 1977Kansas CityKemper ArenaEuropeApril 2, 1977BirminghamEnglandBirmingham OdeonApril 4, 1977GlasgowScotlandApollo TheatreApril 5, 1977ManchesterEnglandManchester ApolloApril 8, 1977LondonRainbow TheatreApril 9, 1977April 10, 1977April 11, 1977BristolColston HallApril 12, 1977ParisFrancePavillon de ParisApril 13, 1977AmsterdamNetherlandsJaap EdenhalApril 14, 1977MunichWest GermanyCircus KroneApril 15, 1977FrankfurtJahrhunderthalleApril 16, 1977AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention CentreApril 19, 1977DüsseldorfWest GermanyPhillipshalleApril 24, 1977StockholmSwedenJohanneshovs IsstadionApril 26, 1977LundOlympenNorth America, leg 2April 29, 1977Salt Lake CityUnited StatesU. of Utah Special Events Center (now Jon M. Huntsman Center)May 1, 1977BoulderFolsom FieldMay 7, 1977OaklandOakland–Alameda County ColiseumMay 8, 1977Santa BarbaraUCSB Campus StadiumMay 11, 1977El PasoEl Paso County ColiseumMay 15, 1977Fort WorthFort Worth Convention CenterMay 16, 1977HoustonThe SummitMay 18, 1977Oklahoma CityOklahoma State Fair ArenaMay 21, 1977NashvilleNashville Municipal AuditoriumMay 24, 1977ColumbiaCarolina ColiseumMay 28, 1977MiamiMiami StadiumMay 29, 1977OrlandoTangerine BowlJune 1, 1977AtlantaOmni ColiseumJune 2, 1977BirminghamJefferson Civic CenterJune 3, 1977MemphisMid-South ColiseumJune 5, 1977New OrleansTad Gormley StadiumJune 24, 1977CharlotteCharlotte ColiseumJune 25, 1977Little RockBarton ColiseumJune 28, 1977SyracuseOncenter War Memorial ArenaJune 29, 1977New York CityMadison Square GardenJune 30, 1977July 2, 1977BuffaloBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumJuly 4, 1977TorontoCanadaCNE GrandstandJuly 5, 1977Greater SudburySudbury Community ArenaJuly 7, 1977ProvidenceUnited StatesProvidence Civic CenterJuly 11, 1977NorfolkNorfolk ScopeJuly 12, 1977LandoverCapital CentreJuly 13, 1977July 16, 1977LexingtonRupp ArenaJuly 23, 1977ChicagoChicago StadiumJuly 24, 1977August 15, 1977ClarkstonPine Knob Music TheatreAugust 24, 1977Las VegasAladdin TheatreAugust 25, 1977August 27, 1977TucsonUniversity of ArizonaAugust 29, 1977InglewoodThe ForumAugust 30, 1977August 31, 1977September 3, 1977SeattleSeattle Center ColiseumSeptember 4, 1977PortlandVeterans Memorial ColiseumSeptember 5, 1977VancouverCanadaPacific ColiseumSeptember 7, 1977EdmontonNorthlands ColiseumSeptember 8, 1977CalgaryStampede GrandstandSeptember 11, 1977MilwaukeeUnited StatesMilwaukee County StadiumSeptember 12, 1977Saint PaulSaint Paul Civic CenterSeptember 15, 1977LincolnBob Devaney Sports CenterSeptember 16, 1977Kansas CityKemper ArenaSeptember 17, 1977St. LouisKiel AuditoriumSeptember 20, 1977IndianapolisMarket Square ArenaSeptember 21, 1977LouisvilleFreedom HallSeptember 22, 1977DetroitCobo ArenaSeptember 25, 1977RichfieldRichfield ColiseumSeptember 26, 1977September 27, 1977PhiladelphiaSpectrumOctober 2, 1977Santa BarbaraUC Santa Barbara Events CenterOctober 3, 1977San DiegoSan Diego Sports ArenaOctober 4, 1977OceaniaNovember 6, 1977AucklandNew ZealandWestern Springs StadiumNovember 9, 1977Gold CoastAustraliaGold Coast ParklandsNovember 11, 1977SydneySydney ShowgroundNovember 13, 1977MelbourneCalder Park RacewayNovember 15, 1977BrisbaneLang ParkNovember 17, 1977SydneySydney ShowgroundNovember 18, 1977PerthPerth Entertainment CentreNovember 19, 1977November 23, 1977AdelaideMemorial Drive ParkJapanDecember 1, 1977NagoyaJapanNagoya Civic Assembly HallDecember 3, 1977OsakaOsaka Festival HallDecember 4, 1977December 5, 1977TokyoNippon BudokanNorth America, leg 3December 7, 1977Honolulu, HawaiiUnited StatesNeil Blaisdell CenterDecember 10, 1977Lahaina, HawaiiUnited StatesRoyal Lahaina Tennis StadiumThe Penguin Country Summer SafariJuly 17, 1978East TroyUnited StatesAlpine Valley Music TheatreJuly 18, 1978July 19, 1978July 21, 1978BoulderFolsom FieldJuly 22, 1978AustinTexas Memorial StadiumJuly 23, 1978DallasCotton BowlJuly 26, 1978Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts CenterJuly 28, 1978Orchard ParkRich StadiumJuly 29, 1978PhiladelphiaJohn F. Kennedy StadiumJuly 30, 1978August 6, 1978LandoverCapital CentreAugust 7, 1978August 24, 1978LexingtonRupp ArenaAugust 26, 1978ClevelandCleveland StadiumAugust 28, 1978BirminghamBirmingham-Jefferson Civic CenterAugust 29, 1978AtlantaOmni ColiseumAugust 30, 1978Baton RougeTiger Stadium
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, grossBox Office Data: San Diego (March 10, 1977): Greensboro (March 19, 1977): Philadelphia (March 21, 1977), Hartford (March 25, 1977): Boulder (May 1, 1977): Oakland (May 7, 1977): Nashville (May 21, 1977): Atlanta (June 1, 1977), Birmingham (June 2, 1977), Memphis (June 3, 1977): New York City (June 29–30, 1977): Providence (July 7, 1977): Lexington (July 16, 1977): Inglewood (August 29–31, 1977), Seattle (September 3, 1977): Milwaukee (September 11, 1977): Kansas City (September 16, 1977), St. Louis (September 17, 1977): Indianapolis (September 20, 1977), Louisville (September 21, 1977): Philadelphia (September 27, 1977): San Diego (October 3–4, 1977): East Troy (July 17–19, 1978): Lexington (August 24, 1978): DateCityVenueAttendanceGrossMarch 10, 1977San Diego, United StatesSan Diego Sports Arena11,810 / 11,810$89,613March 19, 1977Greensboro, United StatesGreensboro Coliseum15,821 / 15,821$111,367March 21, 1977Philadelphia, United StatesSpectrum17,380 / 17,380$126,971March 25, 1977Hartford, United StatesHartford Civic Center10,409 / 10,409$77,102May 1, 1977Boulder, United StatesFolsom Field61,500 / 61,500$481,166May 7, 1977Oakland, United StatesOakland–Alameda County Coliseum57,500 / 57,500$575,000May 21, 1977Nashville, United StatesNashville Municipal Auditorium11,000 / 11,000$82,500June 1, 1977Atlanta, United StatesOmni Coliseum14,851 / 14,851$116,340June 2, 1977Birmingham, United StatesJefferson Civic Center17,815 / 17,815$123,710June 3, 1977Memphis, United StatesMid-South Coliseum11,222 / 11,222$81,852June 29, 1977New York City, United StatesMadison Square Garden35,440 / 35,440$287,270June 30, 1977July 7, 1977Providence, United StatesProvidence Civic Center11,282$101,767July 16, 1977Lexington, United StatesRupp Arena20,422 / 20,422$157,001August 29, 1977Inglewood, United StatesThe Forum47,499 / 47,499$433,853August 30, 1977August 31, 1977September 3, 1977Seattle, United StatesSeattle Center Coliseum15,000 / 15,000$112,500September 11, 1977Milwaukee, United StatesMilwaukee County Stadium48,000$433,958September 16, 1977Kansas City, United StatesKemper Arena13,477 / 13,477$112,936September 17, 1977St. Louis, United StatesKiel Auditorium10,586 / 10,586$85,095September 20, 1977Indianapolis, United StatesMarket Square Arena17,500 / 17,500$130,125September 21, 1977Louisville, United StatesFreedom Hall17,845 / 17,845$133,455September 27, 1977Philadelphia, United StatesSpectrum19,500 / 19,500$156,000October 3, 1977San Diego, United StatesSan Diego Sports Arena26,156 / 26,156$232,614October 4, 1977July 17, 1978East Troy, United StatesAlpine Valley Music Theatre54,639 / 54,639$503,754July 18, 1978July 19, 1978August 24, 1978Lexington, United StatesRupp Arena17,424$148,104TOTAL584,078$4,894,053
Notes
Personnel Mick Fleetwood – drums, cowbell, congas, wind chimes, gong, talking drum John McVie – bass guitars Christine McVie – Hammond B3 organ, Hohner Pianet, Fender Rhodes, piano, maracas, vocals Lindsey Buckingham – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine, cowbell
Additional musicians Ray Lindsey – rhythm guitar on "Go Your Own Way", and "Second Hand News"
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